HARRY ALAN FRANK

Professor of Chemistry

Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

University of Connecticut, U-3060

55 North Eagleville Road

Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3060
Telephone: 860-486-2844 Fax: 860-486-6558

E-mail: harry.frank@uconn.edu Web: http://chemistry.uconn.edu/frank.htm

Pedagogical Duties

Courses taught

1. General Chemistry (Regular and Honors level)

2. Quantum Chemistry (Graduate level)

3. Physical Chemistry (Undergraduate level)

4. Physical Chemistry Laboratory (Chemists and Engineers)

5. Biological Chemistry (Undergraduate and Graduate level)

6. Special Topics courses

a. Electron spin resonance

b. Optical methods

c. Photosynthesis

Graduate Students

1. John P. Machnicki, 1984, M. S., Triplet States in Photosynthetic Bacteria.

2. William J. McGann, 1985, Ph. D., Investigations of the Magnetic and Spectroscopic Properties of Carotenoids in Photosynthetic Bacteria.

3. Barry W. Chadwick, 1987, Ph. D., Spectroscopic Studies of Photosynthetic Carotenoids.

4. Jung Jin Oh, 1987, M. S., Electron Spin Resonance Study of Copper in Ionomers.

5. Paul Toppo, 1987, M. S., Course work Master's Degree

6. Chaoying Zhang, 1988, M. S., Course work Master's Degree

7. Shahriar S. Taremi, 1988, Ph. D., Spectroscopic and X-ray Characterization of Single Crystals of the Reaction Center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides wild type 2.4.1.

8. Carol A. Violette, 1990, Ph. D., Spectroscopic Characterization of the Structural and Functional Relationships between the Primary Donor and the Carotenoid in Reaction Centers of Photosynthetic Bacteria.

9. Michael Gryk, 1990, M. S., Course work Master's Degree.

10. Mila Aldema, 1993, Ph. D., Spectroscopic Studies of Crystalline Photosynthetic Pigment-Protein Complexes.

11. Roya Farhoosh, 1994, Ph. D., The Roles of Carotenoids in Photosynthesis: Light-harvesting and Protection

12. Cindy Hunt, 1994, M. S., Course work Master’s Degree

13. Agnes Cua, 1996, Ph. D., The Photochemistry and Photophysics of Carotenoids in Photosynthesis

14. Ruel Desamero, 1998, Ph. D., The Photophysics and Photochemistry of Carotenoids in vitro and in Light-Harvesting Pigment-Protein Complexes

15. James Bautista, 2001, Ph. D., The Photochemical Properties of Carotenoids in Solution and in Pigment-Protein Complexes.

16. Pam Dolan, 2002, M. S. Course work Master’s Degree.

17. Jesusa Josue, 2003, Ph. D., Spectroscopic and Photochemical Properties of Carotenoids, Xanthophylls and Model Polyenes.

18. Zeus Pendon, 2005, Ph. D., Spectroscopic and Photochemical Properties of Geometric Isomers of Carotenoids.

19. Robielyn Ilagan (current)

20. Mary Grace Galinato (current)

21. Nirmalya Chatterjee (current)

Postdoctoral Students and technicians

1. Dr. Jennifer Innes, 1990-92

2. Dr. Veeradej Chynwat, 1992-97

3. Ms. Joy Erickson, 1994-97

4. Dr. Raju Bangar, 1999

5. Dr. Zhiqiang Gao, 1999-2000

6. Dr. Somes Kumar Das, 1999-2002

7. Dr. Dariusz Niedzwiedzki, 2004-present

8. Ms. Amy LaFountain, 2006-present